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What Latinos Want in an Immigration Reform Bill

For both Latinos and Asian Americans, immigration looms large as an impediment to GOP improvement in these communities. This reality-long denied by both parties-has become abundantly clear. In impreMedia/ Latino Decisions' Election Eve polling 57% of Latino voters said that Romney's positions on immigration made them "less enthusiastic" about the Governor. Among Asian American Voters in our Asian Decisions Election Eve survey, an identical number, 57%, reported favoring comprehensive immigrat...

Nuestra SeñOra de Guadalupe Nos Guía Hacía Dios Y JesúS

"De enero a diciembre trabajamos todo el año en recaudación de fondos", dijo María Félix, presidenta de la Confederación Guadalupana, quien añadió que la venta de tamales es muy popular. "De ninguna manera la consideramos una diosa", aclaró. "María es la madre intercesora entre nuestro pueblo y su hijo, que es nuestro Señor Jesucristo. ¿Qué le puede pedir una madre a un hijo que no se lo conceda? La virgen nos ayuda a llegar a Jesús". La Confederación Guadalupana se conforma de todas las parr...

Cultural Mission From San Diego Heads to Peru

[Mario Torero], along with San Diego filmmaker Horacio Jones, is filming a documentary titled "The Condor and The Eagle," which celebrates the cultural exchange between North and South American Indigenous artistic traditions. Torero, Jones, and others, are heading for Peru on Dec. 16, to embark in a cultural mission that aims to use street art and murals to engage Peruvian neighborhoods into a social discourse by having residents be involved in mural projects. "We whittled it down to a concep...

Mexico's Presidential Inauguration Marked by Vows and Violence

Members of Congress from all parties were given ten minutes to present speeches before the president-elect arrived to take office. There were relatively few interruptions, but a huge banner along the side wall proclaimed "Consummated Imposition. Mexico in Mourning". The opposition also had images of Monex back cards and Soriana grocery coupons as a statement against vote buying during the PRI campaign and signs saying "Presidency Bought". During his speech, Ricardo Monreal of the PRI called t...

Brown-Skin Religious Icon Revered by Millions

"In 1531, the Spanish had been occupying Mexico for about ten years," said Northern California Catholic Deacon Herman Varela." An indigenous peasant, Juan Diego, was walking in what's now Mexico City when he saw what he thought to be a young girl on a hill, and she identified herself as the Virgin Mary, and then asked him to build her a church on that spot." "Juan Diego raced to the Archbishop of Mexico, Juan de Zumárraga, to inform him of what had happened, but the Bishop was skeptical and t...

The Skeletons in Calderon's Closet

During the war between the Juarez Cartel and rival Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloabased group, the Juarez Valley was subjected to a scorched earth campaign that unfolded under the noses of the Mexican military and Federal Police. The once-vibrant farming area has also been repeatedly used as a dumping ground for female murder victims since the 1990s, including many young women who vanished from the streets of Ciudad Juarez. In a letter delivered to the Mexican daily Reforma and the El Pas...

Lincon Acres Library Hosts Annual 'Celebration of Life' in Honor of Staff Member

Lincoln Acres Library staff member José Luis Rodriguez was murdered On November 23, 2007,justminutes before his eighteenth birthday. The community of Lincoln Acress and the Lincoln Acres Library staff honor his memory each year at the Celebration of Life.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother for All of the Americas

The hill of Tepeyac, where Our Lady of [Guadalupe] appeared to [Juan Diego], was a sacred site, a place of pilgrimage even before the Spaniards and Christianity came, Tonantzin was venerated there as the mother of gods, the source of life, as a god who gave meaning, direction and guidance to all life. Most Indians soon saw that the Spaniards were not the expected liberators of Quetzacoatl. They had no scruples in killing people -either in battle or simply to gain gold (one Indian chronicler s...

Posada Without Borders/La Posada Sin Fronteras

La 19^sup ava^ edición de La Posada Sin Fronteras se presentará el sábado, 8 de diciembre entre 14:00-16:00 de la tarde, en ambos lados de la frontera. En Tijuana, participantes se reunirán en Playas de Tijuana junto al faro, y en los EEUU el punto de reunión será "Friendship Park" que queda al sur de la ciudad de Imperiai Beach. El evento anual, que conmemora la búsqueda de José y María por refugio en Nochebuena, se lleva a cabo con personas de fe junto al muro fronterizo de ambos lados de l...

Our Lady of Guadalupe Service Honors Hispanic Tradition

In December in the year 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared miraculously on a cloak on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City.

Kensington Church Youth Group Reenacts 'Las Posadas' Christmas Story

Las Posadas is Spanish for "The Inns." Kensington Church Youth Group Reenacts Page 2 'Las Posadas' Christmas Story "Our Las Posadas production has become a community tradition in Kensington, celebrating the room we make in our hearts for the peace of Christmas," said Marg Stark, Youth Group Co- Leader and Religious Education Director at Kensington Community Church.

Usd Students Collaborate with Household Workers

"I've had contact with nannies and household workers all my life," said University of San Diego student Maggie Wodziak, a Chicago native. "But it wasn't until I took Prof. Alberto Polios curse in ethnic studies that I discovered what these women really go through." "Once a year we pick a topic that's relevant to the community," said [Pulido]. "This year we approached Nidya Ramirez, an organizer with the San Diego Day Laborers and Household Workers and asked her what we could do. She suggested...

Holiday Calendar of Events

El sábado 8 de diciembre del 2012, El brillo del espíritu navideño mexicano llega a C3 Performing Arts Center con una POSADA NAVIDEÑA. DanzArts-Sabor México, estará debutando con un programa especial "Las Posadas" la cual es una fiesta tradicional Mexicana, este evento abrirá con los típicos cantos de Posadas y los bailes de nuestra compañía de Folklórico Sabor México, así como la participación de los niños de la Academia DanzArts Sabor México, Asimismo, continuaremos con la presentación de n...

Community Notes

The Introduction to Turntablism program will be led by two well-respected local DJs, Tenshun and Existence76. Topics covered will be the mechanics of turntablism, the type of equipment needed, the basics of scratching, how to get started as a DJ, and more. Attendees will be encouraged to go handson with the equipment and try out such techniques as scratching and mixing. There will also be an opportunity to ask the instructors questions. On Wednesday, December 12th at 6 pm Northwest Civic Asso...

Mr. Scrooge and Mr. Dickens Live Theatre Fundraiser Event in Escondido

Come see the theatrical production, "Mr. Scrooge & Mr. Dickens," an adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved classic, "A Christmas Carol" which is sure to be a treat for the entire family. Choose from six exciting shows including two matinee and four evening productions. The matinee shows will be at 4 pm on Saturday, December 15 and 22. The evening shows will be at 7 pm on Friday and Saturday December 14, 15, 21, and 22. Priced for the entire community, the matinee shows are donation only, ...

Our Lady of Guadalupe Guides Us to God and Jesus

"We would love to see all the Catholic people in San Diego to come and celebrate our Lady," she said. "The virgin is the Queen of the Americas. As immigrants, she brings us a lot of good memories about our traditions. It is a way to evangelize people." "In no way do we consider a goddess," she said. "[Mary, Felix] is the intercessor mother between our people and her Son, who is our Lord Jesus Christ. What can a mother ask of her son that He wouldn't concede? The virgin helps us to get to Jesu...

Guest Editorial: On This World Aids Day, Obamacare Could Prove the Lifeline Necessary for Many Infected Latinas

"HIV/AIDS is a serious threat to the health of Latinas, who are four times more likely than white women to be infected. Systemic barriers, such as poverty, immigration status and lack of insurance, make accessing protection and testing more difficult for Latinas, leading to higher rates of infection. These factors also prevent Latinas from accessing quality, affordable treatment, which contributes to an accelerated advance from HIV to AIDS. "Because the majority of Latinas contract HIV from h...

Let's Focus On the Real Causes of Minority Exclusion From Media Ownership

This year, as the FCC reviews its media ownership rules, we urge the agency to relax the 37-year-old regulation. As the nation's leading advocate for equal opportunity and civil rights in mass media, the MMTC champions a diverse and robust Fourth Estate. And the absolute ban on cross-ownership no longer serves this purpose. The FCC prohibited cross-ownership in 1975 because the agency sought to increase diversity of ownership, a goal that the MMTC shares and applauds. But in the thousands of ...

U.S. Must Be for Peace in Colombia

The government has a regressive income tax structure and continues to reduce taxes on multinational corporations, which is how Washington likes it. The Obama administration pushed through the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement last spring, which will only increase the enormous influence of U.S. companies in that country. The United States is already Colombia's largest trading partner, and this gives Washington a lot of clout. And Colombia is the recipient the third largest amount of defense a...

Rebeldes Sin Causa

En la Cámara Baja están unidos por la ceguedad y la terquedad política que no les deja apreciar los problemas que causaría al país si es que no se llega a aprobar el presupuesto de próximo año. El programa económico de Barack Obama tiene algunos desaciertos, pero está encaminado a romper los problemas de su antecesor. Más allá de los desaciertos de [Susan Rice] en dicha tragedia, [John McCain] y sus compañeras quieren utilizarla como carnada para darle un golpe certero al presidente Obama. Au...